Category: "Language Arts"

It is considered bad form to use slang or abbreviations like “info”, “pics”, “etc” and “bio”. Using the full form of the word is not only more professional but is also easier for our users, whose native language may not be English, to understand or translate.

A very good tip. Every writer should remember not to use slang and abbreviations, unless they are very well known by the general public. Some sites or publications may have a very narrow readership they can focus on. But, even those sites could have a glossary or some way to understand their abbreviations.

Why send your readers to some other site to look up the words, slang or short forms you use?

This was a word sent out in a newsletter by a writer, for writers: who're.
I had to look twice. I thought it was whore for a spilt second. But that didn't use the punctuation and it made no sense in the sentence.
Who're, on the other hand, is not a word. Not a real word. It is a mangled word which should be who are. I don't think even who are was used right. But, it was better than who're.
Which sounds to you?:
Who are you?
OR
Who are coming?
Who are reading?
Who are writing?
etc.
I do not promise to be a great or perfect writer, especially when it comes to grammar. But, I try to keep up the standards as I have risen to thus far. Meaning, I try not to sink any lower than I already am. Lets all try to do the same, if not better.

Wikipedia: Apophenia
Wikipedia: Pareidolia
Wikipedia: Synchronicity
Flickr: Pareidolia - Pareidolia is when a vague or random image is perceived as recognizable. This group is for those pictures that look just like real life objects, but it's all in your head.
Flickr: Apophenia - Do you see hidden patterns, textures, and images within other images.

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